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Wavy celeryJune 4, 2008: Reading Lucian this morning*, I came across this: “She said that Stratonice the wife of Seleucus had done something much more ridiculous….She set up a poetry contest with a prize of one [...]by Ed Park

The Facts of Late WinterMarch 20, 2008: The new feature on the site, “Diversity Then!,” by the novelist Paul La Farge, looks at the sensational faits divers penned by Félix Fénéon in the early 20th century. La Farge mentions [...]by Ed Park

Jumping the SnarkFebruary 23, 2008: R. Kikuo Johnson’s graphic cover version of “Recitative” (by Harriet’s own A.E. Stallings) appeared recently as part of this site’s “Poem as Comic Strip” [...]by Ed Park

E.P. on P.E.June 18, 2007: On April 10, Patricia wrote: “Phebus Etienne is dead. That won’t mean anything to most of you…Phebus was a reverent Haitian lyric, a deft conjurer of language and light, a Cave [...]by Ed Park